Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon

'It was hell on earth': Vietnamese Australians relieve the Fall of Saigon, 50 years on

Half a century after the Vietnam War ended, South Vietnamese veterans and refugees recount their harrowing experiences of war, brutal re-education camps and perilous escapes by sea.

FOX 44 News presents 'Lone Star Echoes: Saigon's Untold Stories'

TEXAS (FOX 44) - The world watched in disbelief as Saigon fell 50 years ago on April 30, 1975. This was a moment which reverberated far beyond the borders of Vietnam - but the impact of that day was also deeply felt here in Central Texas, the Brazos Valley, and all over our state. This program tells the personal stories of our neighbors – local individuals whose lives were forever touched by the Fall of Saigon, from those who served in the confl…

Thousands commemorate heroic Vietnam War rescues of 1975 in USS Midway event

Thousands of Vietnam War veterans and Vietnamese-Americans flooded the USS Midway’s flight deck Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the war’s end — and the daring rescues that came with it. The event commemorated those rescues and the fall of Saigon that ended the war in spring 1975. But it also celebrated Southern California’s thriving Vietnamese population, many of whom are here because of those rescues. Hundreds of Vietnamese refugees from…

Hometown Patriot: The Reunion

SHREVEPORT, La. - They fought together as young men more than 50 years ago. Now, they are a group of men who call each other brother.

Veterans reunite with ‘precious cargo’ 50 years after the Fall of Saigon

Refugees arrive at the Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in 1975. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force) This article first appeared in The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Fifty years ago, 2-year-old  Phan Kim Phuong was handed up into a military aircraft, her future a near-complete blank save one truth: She would no…

Remembering the fall of Saigon

Fifty years ago, as the North Vietnamese army closed in on Saigon, U.S. forces, personnel and South Vietnamese civilians struggled to evacuate to American ships offshore. "Sunday Morning" talks with military personnel who were there.